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Development Bank Ghana and Opportunity International partners to empower smallholder farmers
The new partnership aims to address the challenges faced by smallholder farmers, including limited access to markets, inadequate financial support, and low productivity.
D+C Blog
Cultivating Easier Crops
Opportunity’s Malawi Country Director, Richard Chongo, shares insights into how our newest digital innovations help smallholders farm crops with independence.
Let’s Talk Agriculture Podcast
Impact of Gender Financing in the Agricultural sector with Timothy Strong
Head of AgFinance, Tim Strong shares our newest strategies to support women smallholder farmers.
Yahoo Finance
Varthana Participates in Opportunity International's 2024 Global Education Finance Conference
The global event gathers over 130 financial institutions to address education funding gaps and explore private sector roles in supporting affordable non-state schools.
Civic Tech in Africa Podcast
Using Artificial Intelligence to Fight Poverty in Malawi with Dr William Derban
Opportunity’s Global Director of Digital Innovations, Dr. William Derban, shares how AI is being used to fight poverty in Malawi.
Devex
The AI apps helping the world's low-income farmers work smarter
New insights into Ulagizi, Opportunity International’s farmer-support AI Chatbot.
Global Washington
Goalmaker Spotlight: Ama Akuamoah
Director of Market Engagement for our Digital Innovations Team, Ama Akuamoah sat down with Global Washington to share her history, passions, and drive.
Bloomberg
The AI Revolution Comes for Farmers Growing a Third of Our Food
In its first test in Malawi, an AI app is helping farmers treat pigs and kill weevils that are destroying their crops.
Crain's Chicago Business
Mauricio Rincon Recognized as Local Leader in Sustainability
As managing director of capital solutions, Mauricio Rincon leads Opportunity International's impact investing and capital solutions efforts, helping to shift the nonprofit's focus and investment toward adaptive, regenerative practices that help combat and increase resilience to climate change.
Next Billion
Mobilizing Capital in the Low-Cost Private School Sector: Key Insights Two Years into an Innovative Partnership
In Opportunity International’s 5th annual State of the Affordable Non-State School Sector report, the organization’s Education Finance team estimated that there’s a US $10.1 billion market need for school improvement loans for affordable non-state schools in low- and middle-income countries around the world.